Direct Employer Volunteer Roles in East Of England
Doctors of the World UK (DOTW UK) is part of the global Médecins du Monde (MDM) network, which delivers over 400 projects in more than 70 countries through 6,000 volunteers.
Our vision is of a world in which vulnerable people affected by war, natural disasters, disease, hunger, poverty, or exclusion get the healthcare they need.
Through our health programmes and advocacy, we work to ensure excluded people overcome barriers to realising their right to healthcare. Since opening in the UK in 1998, we’ve raised £10m for overseas programmes, helped 20,000 service users here and fought for healthcare as a human right for all.
We believe that every person living in the UK has the right to healthcare, and we work to influence public policy and local implementation to reduce health inequalities and ensure access to healthcare for all.
DOTWUK is proud to have a diverse board of trustees with a broad range of skills, including expertise in law, communications, accountancy, migrant lived experience, and more. We are currently seeking a Fundraising Trustee to enhance our team's capabilities.
For this position, we are in search of a candidate who will provide leadership in the development and review of the charity’s fundraising strategy and provide oversight of delivery. The fundraising trustee plays a crucial role in our success, exerting substantial influence on shaping the organisation's financial stability. Collaborating closely with the board, this trustee will help establish fundraising priorities and track progress towards our objectives. The selected individual will utilise their knowledge in the fundraising field to provide expertise to the board's oversight function in this area.
For more information on the role, including a person specification, please refer to the role profile.
Closing date:
Sunday 9th June 2024
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV & Covering Letter. Your CV and cover letter should be clearly tailored to the position and should reference points from the person specification section of the role profile. Interview dates TBC.
We work tirelessly to empower excluded people to access healthcare.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Doctors of the World UK (DOTW UK) is part of the global Médecins du Monde (MDM) network, which delivers over 400 projects in more than 70 countries through 6,000 volunteers.
Our vision is of a world in which vulnerable people affected by war, natural disasters, disease, hunger, poverty, or exclusion get the healthcare they need.
Through our health programmes and advocacy, we work to ensure excluded people overcome barriers to realising their right to healthcare. Since opening in the UK in 1998, we’ve raised £10m for overseas programmes, helped 20,000 service users here and fought for healthcare as a human right for all.
We believe that every person living in the UK has the right to healthcare, and we work to influence public policy and local implementation to reduce health inequalities and ensure access to healthcare for all.
DOTWUK is proud to have a diverse board of trustees with a broad range of skills, including expertise in law, communications, accountancy, migrant lived experience, and more. We are currently seeking a Clinical Trustee to enhance our team's capabilities.
For this dynamic position, we are in search of a candidate with expertise in clinical governance to aid our quarterly clinical governance, quality, and safety board sub-committee meetings. Clinical Trustees contribute a plethora of skills, experience, and expertise to the Board of Trustees, assisting in the Charity's development to fulfil its mission and uphold its principles. The selected individual will utilise their understanding and proficiency in practice delivery and clinical governance to improve the board's oversight function in this area.
For more information on the role, including a person specification, please refer to the role profile.
Closing date:
Sunday 9th June 2024
How to Apply
To apply, please submit your CV & Covering Letter on the link provided. Your CV and cover letter should be clearly tailored to the position and should reference points from the person specification section of the role profile. Interview dates TBC.
We work tirelessly to empower excluded people to access healthcare.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Would you be willing to volunteer your time and expertise to join the Hospice as a trustee member of our Board of Trustees? Garden House Hospice Care’s Trustee Recruitment Initiative aims to identify and encourage people who want to help make a difference to those in our community affected by life-limiting illnesses.
We are looking for new trustees to join our Board who are energetic, talented, and committed people, with good leadership, interpersonal skills, used to being in a people-focused environment, and who can formulate and implement strategy. These opportunities reflect our succession policy which encourages a healthy turnover at Board level. We believe that this brings new ideas and experiences to the charity and ensures that, in future, we continue to improve in order to provide as much care and support as possible to those who would benefit from our services. We strive to be an inclusive and diverse Board and welcome applications from members of underrepresented groups.
We are looking for people able to take up the role at any time over the coming six months but if you would prefer a later start date, perhaps due to existing commitments, please still apply now. We are particularly keen to attract interest from people with relevant senior experience from the following sectors:
Finance & Accounting: You will have Financial Management/Accounting experience, helping us to maintain an overview of the organisation’s affairs ensuring its financial viability and that proper financial management/records and procedures are maintained. You will have the skills and expertise to analyse proposals or plans pertaining to the development, growth, or diversification of the organisation and to examine the financial consequences of those proposals/plans.
Clinical: If you have experience as a doctor, nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist or any other clinical role we would love to hear from you.
If you would like to find out more about this opportunity, then please see the Role Profile and Information Pack attached. To register your interest and discuss the role further please complete the expression of interest form by hitting Apply.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Canopy
are on a mission to make shopping sustainably easier for everyone.
Fast fashion retailers and cheap plastic products are still wrecking our planet and choking our waterways. We need to buy better. But big retailers are now consistently greenwashing, misleading the very people who are trying to do their bit. It's left nearly 50% of consumers finding it too complicated to even try to shop sustainably. For consumers to shop sustainably they have to go through multiple user journeys on different platforms with very little support in moving from one to the next. Verifying claims, learning about swaps, making a purchase, and tracking your impact accurately are all separated and difficult to do.
We need to remove the barriers, streamline the user journey and give back proper trust. Canopey is the only platform to completely streamline the ethical consumer journey. They bring thousands of verified sustainable products into one online marketplace with powerful impact stats to show the Co2e, water waste, and plastic waste saved per purchase compared to the mainstream alternative. Canopey helps guide you through the minefield of greenwashing to empower everyone to buy better. On one platform, with one user journey, and one mission.
Responsibilities
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They are looking for a VOLUNTEER Sustainability Expert who is passionate about environmental issues. Your main role will be to help support the team in our work verifying the green claims made by brands that want to list their products on Canopey. These duties are integral to the business and ensure we can provide UK shoppers a go-to platform for curated, trustworthy products, so we're looking for someone with expertise and education in this field.
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Responsibilities include: - Evaluating and verifying sustainability claims and evidence from suppliers and brands to ensure they meet our standards. - Working closely with the Canopey team to review and improve our sustainability criteria and guidelines. - Opportunity to work on research and development of new sustainability initiatives or programs. - Potential to also contribute to social media content and blogs we put out which focus on sustainability topics - Participating in workshops and seminars to stay updated on the latest sustainability trends and practices. - Collaborating with other team members to promote a holistic approach to sustainability across all aspects of the business. This role offers a great opportunity to gain experience in the field of sustainability, work with the world's most innovative brands, and work with a team that is dedicated to making a huge positive difference in the world. Canopey is all about creating a hub for sustainable living and we're always looking for new exciting ideas, so this role will have lots of opportunities to help develop new parts of the business and provide input on the content we put out. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Volunteer 2-3 hours per week remotely for 1-2 months
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Overview of the role:
Great Yarmouth Pathway is a transforming place of light, love & engagement for the community of Great Yarmouth supporting those in need. We are seeking to recruit Trustees with an interest in helping others, who are willing to uphold our values, and who can bring life experience to the board of trustees. Trustees have collective responsibility for the governance of the organisation and for all decisions made by the Board. They set the strategic direction for the organisation, ensuring alignment to our values, are responsible for setting organisational policy, and ensure that strong relationships are maintained between the Trustees, Managers & Volunteers.
Key tasks:
- Manage the charity’s resources responsibly, including ensuring the charity’s assets are used only to carry out its purpose, avoid undue risk and not over-commit the charity.
- Ensure the board regularly reviews its structures, roles, relationship to staff and implementing changes if and when necessary.
- Develop a long-term strategy for the food bank with clear objectives which can be monitored and adapted.
- Work alongside the Treasurer and the board to ensure the charity’s financial dealings are systematically accounted for and on time, independently examined (on income over £25k) and made publicly available when necessary.
- Ensure the charity is accountable, actively complying with statutory accounting and reporting requirements and the law.
- Ensure appropriate financial plans are in place for future budget allocations as well as looking after contractual agreements with external partners that award money for core costs and additional projects.
- Help promote the charity to a wide audience of potential funders and beneficiaries and community stakeholders.
- Ensure the charity and foodbank has appropriate procedures to: comply with current legislation and good practice; including employment, health and safety, equal opportunities, safeguarding & GDPR compliance/data protection etc.
- Act with reasonable care and skill, giving your time, thought and energy to your role.
- Prepare for and regularly attend and participate in board and subcommittee meetings and any trustee away days.
- Provide ad hoc support to the staff team and volunteers from time to time.
- Act at all times in accordance with the foodbank’s trustee code of conduct.
- Ensure the principles of equity, equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded in Yarmouth and Magdalen Foodbank and help deliver public benefit.
Trustees may also undertake additional work for the charity between meetings subject to their availability and skill set.
Please apply through CharityJobs in the first instance, providing a CV and cover letter detailing why you are interested in this role and your relevant experience. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an informal interview with members of the Board of Trustees at Yarmouth and Magdalen Foodbank
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Are you confident and experienced using Zoom? We are running an online conference on Zoom on Saturday 22nd June. We would love some help with setting up the Zoom meeting beforehand and support with the conference on the day itself.
I need someone for admin, social media and IT guy.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are looking for a highly motivated Partnerships Officer in maintaining our relationships with charities and enterprises
We are looking for someone to help develop and maintain our partnerships with charities and social enterprises
You should be confident in drafting and building proposals; managing the organisation's CRM system and reporting data to the Head of Partnerships.
You will hold a hands-on role working in a small team and you will be comfortable working alone and/or in a team on projects, proposing how best to support and deliver them in collaboration with other departments.
Some of our past campaigns:
- Promoting Zero Waste
- Tackling modern slavery across the globe
- Improving disability equality in the UK
- Improving mental health in the UK
- Supporting people facing homelessness in the UK
Through promotion we also engage with users of our app and website. By giving people actionable opportunities to help further the cause of our chosen campaigns (i.e. donating to certain charities, writing to your local MP, links to sign petitions), we work to create an engaging space whereby anyone can help contribute and tackle some of the challenges we face today.
Your role:
- Working with the Head Of Partnerships to identify potential charity and social enterprise partners.
- Contacting charities to form potential partnerships.
- Building relationships with existing partners.
- Working with the wider team to plan and execute campaigns and initiatives.
- Writing and designing proposals to potential partnerships.
- Support the Head of Partnerships in delivering the strategic initiatives to enable us to achieve our long-term growth and vision
Your impact:
Our work involves reaching out to charities and social enterprises to work with us, they then suggest improvements and propose actions to support their work
Thus your input will help maintain relations with our partners and help identify new opportunities
Who we are looking for:
We're primarily looking for someone who's had experience in managing relationships with businesses, such as in communications or business development, and someone who enjoys working with people.
They should preferably have working knowledge of Gmail and slack, as well as having experience maintaining CRM
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Are you a dynamic fundraising leader with a talent of developing new relationships and creating new sustainable sources of income?
Now-u is a non-profit website and app, launched in July 2020 with a mission to inform, involve and inspire people to help tackle some of the world's most pressing environmental and social problems related to i) human rights and welfare, ii) protecting the world around us, and iii) preserving our species and the planet.
Some of our past campaigns:
- Promoting Zero Waste
- Tackling modern slavery across the globe
- Improving disability equality in the UK
- Improving mental health in the UK
- Supporting people facing homelessness in the UK
Through promotion we also engage with users of our app and website. By giving people actionable opportunities to help further the cause of our chosen campaigns (i.e. donating to certain charities, writing to your local MP, links to sign petitions), we work to create an engaging space whereby anyone can help contribute and tackle some of the challenges we face today.
How we create a campaign:
- The team looks at what issues would be best to tackle for a particular month
- It considers multiple factors: Recent developments impacting charitable causes, public and media attention, upcoming parliamentary debates and more
- We prepare a proposal for the campaign, gathering info, learning materials and suggested actions to complete
- We then reach out to charities and social enterprises to work with us
- They suggest improvements, and propose actions to support their work
- We prepare all these materials to be presented in accessible and engaging ways on the app
- We use other supporting materials like campaign videos, blog articles and social media
The difference you will make in this role
We are seeking an experienced senior fundraiser manager to join our team and lead in the development and delivery of our new fundraising strategy.
This is a new role where you would be instrumental in increasing our supporter base to provide us with an income to grow.
The ideal person would bring leadership and management experience and have a track record in strategy development, budgets, working to target and KPIs.
Working independently you would:
- Action a fundraising strategy approved by the chief executive & senior leadership team.
- Agree a departmental budget and work to achieve or exceed a fundraising target.
- Co-ordinate and manage fundraising, comprising community, trust, corporate, major donor and digital fundraising, across the organisation.
- Motivate a team of volunteers who engage in fundraising activities
- Build relationships with charitable trusts, foundations and other institutional funders.
- Lead funding applications with regards to charitable trusts, foundations, grants & competitions.
- Develop a strategy to attract corporate partners/sponsors.
- Prepare reports and give presentations on fundraising progress to the senior leadership team and the trustee board.
What are we looking for?
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills: Head of fundraising needs to make regular presentations to trustees, senior managers or potential donors/sponsors and write winning fundraising applications.
- Networking/Relationship Management skills: Head of fundraising will be called upon to represent the organisation to corporates & donors and persuade them that their cause is one they should contribute to.
- Effective project management skills: Ability to lead and co-ordinate fundraising initiatives with the support of volunteers.
- Digital skills: The organisation is centred around mobile/online technology and the Head of fundraising will need to be adept at using these technologies and be aware of their fundraising potential.
- Innovation skills: Strong ideas about how to hit fundraising targets in this climate.
- Budget management skills: You need to be able to work effectively with limited resources.
Essential experience
- Proven track record in developing and delivering fundraising strategies
- Knowledge of good fundraising procedures for the voluntary sector
- Knowledge of current fundraising guidelines and legislation
- Proven ability in producing effective, and inspiring proposals and funding reports
Transport Volunteer
We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Our volunteers are a key part of achieving our goals and their support is vital. Join us.
About this opportunity
We are looking to recruit a Transport Volunteer for the Ayrshire Group. As a Transport Volunteer, you will help make sure people with MS can access activities and events, by setting up relationships with local transport providers.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large charity and develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.
About you
You’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You will understand the local area and be confident to liaise with organisations that provide local transport.
Apply
- Read through the role description carefully
- Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
We would like to hear from anyone who would be interested in joining the CARA Board of Trustees. Please see our CARA Trustee Role Description below for details of what is involved, and the qualities, skills and expertise we are looking for. If you would be interested in becoming a CARA Trustee, please contact us explaining why you would like to become a CARA Trustee, and providing a brief summary of the skills you would bring to the CARA Board.
Please note that this is an unpaid role. Trustees' travel and other expenses will be covered.
Role Description
CARA (Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse) works with victims and survivors of sexual violence and child sexual abuse, providing independent, specialist support and promoting and representing their rights and needs. CARA works with adults of all genders, young people (aged 12-19) and children aged under 12 from across mid and north Essex.
Over the last 8 years, CARA has grown significantly. Our client numbers have more than quadrupled and we now offer a wide range of services to victims and survivors of all ages and genders. We currently have a team of 40 full and part-time staff and over 20 sessional counsellors.
CARA is interested in hearing from people who might like to join our Board. As a CARA Board member, you will have an opportunity to be actively involved in the running of a forward-thinking and fastdeveloping feminist charity. Our Board of trustees provide strategic direction and governance to CARA, supporting the management team and overseeing all aspects of our work. CARA’s Board of Trustees are also registered as our directors for the purposes of company law.
CARA trustees have the following statutory duties and responsibilities:
• To set and maintain vision, mission and values.
• To develop strategy.
• To establish and monitor policies.
• To set up employment procedures.
• To ensure compliance with CARA’s governing document (constitution).
• To ensure accountability.
• To ensure compliance with the law.
• To maintain proper financial oversight.
• To respect the role of staff.
• To maintain effective Trustees performance.
• To promote CARA.
Other duties:
In addition to the above statutory duties, each trustee should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the Board reach sound decisions. This may involve:
• Scrutinising board papers.
• Leading and contributing to discussions.
• Focusing on key issues.
• Providing guidance on new initiatives.
A CARA trustee should have the following qualities:
• Integrity
• The skills and experience to make informed decisions on governance of a charity.
• A commitment to CARA and our vision, mission, aims and values.
• Willingness to devote the necessary time and effort.
• Strategic vision.
• Good, independent judgement.
• Ability to think creatively.
• Understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship. Please refer to the Charity Commission guidance
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
Our current Board have a wide range of skills, and we regularly conduct skills audits to ensure our Board has the expertise needed to ensure CARA’s effective governance. To enhance our existing Board of Trustees, we are particularly seeking applications from people with the following skills and experiences:
• Business acumen
• Income generation
• Knowledge of the Women’s Sector
• Property and premises management.
People from Black and minority ethnic groups are currently under-represented on CARA’s Board of Trustees, and we particularly welcome applications from people from these groups. Applications from survivors of sexual violence or child sexual abuse are always welcome.
All members of CARA’s Board of Trustees are required to make a minimum commitment to the organisation. This includes attendance at Trustees meetings, which are held every other month, starting at 7.30pm. Meetings are usually held on Zoom, but occasional travel to Colchester for face-to-face meetings is also required.
All trustee appointments will be conditional on an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, and satisfactory references.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We're a small team passionate about working with politicians and decision-makers from all sides of politics. Our goal is to spread the word about Scouts and support policies that help our movement, including our young members and volunteers.
We believe it's crucial to involve young people in what we do. That's why we empower them to speak up about the things that matter to them, ensuring our work truly reflects what our members need and want. Right now, we have a team of 10 youth advocates who joined us last year, and we're excited to add 5 more roles.
We're also recruiting a volunteer team to make our team more diverse and bring in fresh ideas. This mix of voices and experiences makes our work even better, reaching more people and making a bigger impact. And as our team grows, we're dedicated to giving everyone the support, guidance, and chances to learn and grow.
As part of this team, you'll get to talk directly to senior leaders in government and run campaigns that change things for the better. You'll go to events like Party Conferences and meet other people who care about Scouts. Plus, you'll learn loads of skills like public speaking, campaign development, and working with others to make big things happen.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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As a Digital Champion you will provide support to our clients who struggle with IT and monitor our online peer support platforms. You will need to understand the importance of digital literacy to our clients. There will be a ‘referral’ system from keyworkers and staff members who will identify clients in need of digital support, while monitoring our Fuse and Discord platforms will be an ongoing task.
To be successful in this role you will have excellent communication skills, IT skills and a true passion and commitment to supporting vulnerable people to address their support needs and fulfill their full potential. The Forward Trust is committed to tackling ‘digital exclusion’ within our client base.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Service Delivery – Client support tasks:
- Provide remote support for clients who struggle with IT.
- Helping to build clients confidence and self-esteem with using popular digital technology.
- Monitoring Forward’s online peer support platforms to safeguard clients from inappropriate content
- Raising awareness of online services and the support available locally.
- Build a trusting and supportive relationship with clients.
- Listen to the clients concerns and work with them to overcome those.
Forward Fuse:
Fuse is an online ‘learning and knowledge’ platform. It combines elements of social media with e-learning. Forward Trust uses it for clients to share peer support and receive news of events, activities and services.
- Supporting the Forward Fuse platform as a moderator outside of normal staff working hours – monitoring content and comments for breaking of the Ground Rules, and encouraging engagement.
Discord:
Discord is a digital messaging platform on which Forward clients can safely chat with others who share similar objectives around recovery and self-growth, sharing support and combatting isolation in the process.
- Supporting the Discord platform as a moderator outside of normal staff working hours – monitoring messages for breaking of the User Agreement
Additional tasks:
- Support with web coding (if you have relevant experience)
- Engage in support and supervision provided.
- To keep a good record of your work, including reporting verbally to their supervisor and completing relevant forms.
This may vary depending on your specific team and time commitment.
EXPENSES
- Travel and lunch expenses will need to be pre-agreed with placement supervisor if travel is required.
TRAINING & INDUCTION
Induction training will be provided to the volunteer and will include the following:
- E-Learning:
- Data Protection/GDPR/PECR
- Safeguarding – Knowledge
- Health & Safety – Knowledge
- Volunteer Induction – Organisational Awareness
- Digital Unite – available e-learning module and resources to help structure support sessions with clients
- A full induction to your team including placement specific policies and procedures.
- Additional volunteer training will be discussed and offered according to the need of the volunteer in placement.
QUALITIES
Below is a list of the qualities that we are looking for from volunteers:
- Must be over 18 years of age.
- Ability to use computers and IT equipment.
- Confident to pass on digital skills in a friendly and supportive manner.
- Content Moderator – ability to evaluate content in line with content and policies.
- Web coding (preferable) – specific information needed.
- To have the ability to engage effectively with the client group.
- To have good verbal and written communication skills.
- To have a clear understanding and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- To have a clear understanding of how to set and maintain boundaries.
- To be able to communicate and actively listen to client’s concerns.
- To be able to treat clients in a positive and non-judgemental manner.
- To be committed to own learning and development.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Our shops are a large source of income for The Fertility Foundation and the heart of our shops is the volunteers that give up their time to help run the shops. The Fertility Foundation uses the income to provide grants for couples and individuals in the UK to help them start a family.
We are looking for volunteers for our Waltham Cross shop.
TASKS
To welcome, assist and serve our customers in a warm and friendly way providing a good standard of customer service. To ensure Gift Aid is explained clearly and promoted to all our donors and thanking them for their valuable contribution. To promote public understanding of our work and the importance of raising funds, promoting our charity events and activities to the public. Help sort, steam, hang and display our donated stock and rotate the stock following the manager's guidelines. Dealing with customer purchases, confidently process the cash handling and accurate operation of the till.
SKILLS & QUALITIES
Be a Honest, trustworthy and respectful with an enthusiastic positive attitude. Have good communication and numeracy skills. to be a reliable, commited, dependable and flexible. Able to work as part of a team as well as under your own initiative.
People can come into the shop and meet our manager.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Role Summary
We are looking for a new Chair of Trustees who will offer strategic and supportive leadership to our highly effective, collaborative and committed Board. The Chair leads the board, ensuring that it governs the charity effectively, in service of the charity's vision and mission. The Chair leads in an inclusive way, supporting the Board to work together well, and providing support and challenge to the Chief Executive. The Chair is also an ambassador for the charity.
Chair role & responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership to the charity and the Board, ensuring that Glass Door achieves its mission with the interests of Glass Door's guests at its centre.
Work collaboratively with the CEO, staff and volunteers to achieve our mission and optimise the relationship between the Board and Glass Doors's staff and volunteers.
Provide leadership within the Board, ensuring that it fulfills its responsibilities for the governance of the organisation and promoting governance among fellow Trustees, providing clarity around boundaries between governance, management and operations.
Plan and chair the bi-monthly board meetings and the AGM, with colleagues as appropriate and liaise with the CEO, Company Secretary and Governance Trustee with regard to setting up meetings, agenda items and annual report content.
Facilitate meetings ensuring all have equal involvement in discussions, clarifying any uncertainties, confirming decisions made and actions to be taken and ensuring effective time management of meetings whilst providing appropriate periods of discussion and reflection.
Act as a spokesperson and figurehead for Glass Door when required.
Support Glass Door functions and events eg attendance at supporter events.
Support the Head of Fundraising & Major Donors with the cultivation of high-level donors, occassionally attending meetings where value can be added.
Represent the Board at staff Town Hall meetings.
Support the team liaising with partner churches and statutory authorities as required and be the public face of Glass Door in the local community.
Liaise with the CEO and he Board to keep an overview of the charity's affairs.
Provide supervision and support to the CEO as necessary in addition to planned monthly/bi-monthly 'catch up' meetings and, with the People Trustee, lead the CEO's annual performance review.
To act as final stage adjudicator for disciplinary and grievance procedures if required.
What we are looking for
Experience of being a Trustee, ideally in the third sector, and an understanding of the legal responsibilities and liabilities of a Trustee/Director.
A keen sense of strategic purpose.
Strong leadership skills, able to foster and promote a collaborative team environment and an inclusive and collaborative leadership style; able to inspire and support everyone to participate on an equal footing.
An ability to facilitate, mediate, influence and respect the confidences of colleagues. The ability to listen and engage effectively. You are comfortable with challenge and debate and are able to encourage that in others whilst fostering a collaborative board environment.
Excellent presentation and communication skills.
Advocate and ambassador - possess gravitas to lead the organisation and be able and willing to champion Glass Door.
Demonstrate a strong and visible passion and commitment to Glass Door's guests and ensure that the interests of our guests drive the decisions of the Board.
A strong personal commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
A willingness to devote necessary time and effort to your duties as Chair and be available and responsive (e.g. when things sometimes 'come up' that require the Chair to advise, support or give consent to).
What's in it for the new Chair?
Our vision is a world where no one has to sleep on the streets of London and we're working every day to achieve this. Your role as Chair will offer you an incredibly reqarding experience to use your skills and collaborate with the rest of the Board and staff members for the benefit of people experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.
For more information please see the full role description and Glass Door information pack attached,
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.